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Aero Mystery

microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance maintenance

i have a new Laptop with Vista Home Premium. Aero works OK when the Guest
Account is Logged on but will not work for me in my Administrator Account -
all settings etc. are correct but when I set to Aero it reverts to Vista
Basic.
Any suggestions?
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Tony Burke

"Tony Burke" <TonyBurke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C09EBACA-5CE4-485F-855D-C4CD3F251129@microsoft.com...
>i have a new Laptop with Vista Home Premium. Aero works OK when the Guest
> Account is Logged on but will not work for me in my Administrator
> Account -
> all settings etc. are correct but when I set to Aero it reverts to Vista
> Basic.

There's probably some software running that disables it. Stuff like Java
still calls the legacy APIs for drawing graphics which makes Windows
fallback to the old mode.

If you hit Start and type 'Defender' Windows Defender should pop up, from
there you can use the 'Software Explorer' (under Tools) to try disabling any
applications that are running on login.

"Paul Smith" wrote:
> "Tony Burke" <TonyBurke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C09EBACA-5CE4-485F-855D-C4CD3F251129@microsoft.com...
> >i have a new Laptop with Vista Home Premium. Aero works OK when the Guest
> > Account is Logged on but will not work for me in my Administrator
> > Account -
> > all settings etc. are correct but when I set to Aero it reverts to Vista
> > Basic.
>
> There's probably some software running that disables it. Stuff like Java
> still calls the legacy APIs for drawing graphics which makes Windows
> fallback to the old mode.
>
> If you hit Start and type 'Defender' Windows Defender should pop up, from
> there you can use the 'Software Explorer' (under Tools) to try disabling any
> applications that are running on login.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

"Tony Burke" <TonyBurke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C09EBACA-5CE4-485F-855D-C4CD3F251129@microsoft.com...
>i have a new Laptop with Vista Home Premium. Aero works OK when the Guest
> Account is Logged on but will not work for me in my Administrator
> Account -
> all settings etc. are correct but when I set to Aero it reverts to Vista
> Basic.
> Any suggestions?

In addition to Paul's reply two security issues: You should not run as an
administrator on a daily basis and neither should you have enabled the Guest
account......

On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:52:59 +0100, "Gordon"
>
>In addition to Paul's reply two security issues: You should not run as an
>administrator on a daily basis and neither should you have enabled the Guest
>account......

I believe all the crap about the Guest account being insecure has been
debunked.